WoRMS name details
Ovulum deflexum G. B. Sowerby II, 1849
432044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:432044)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Ovulum G. B. Sowerby I, 1828 accepted as Ovula Bruguière, 1789
marine
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Descriptions of some new species of <i>Ovulum</i> in the collection of H. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 16 ("1848"): 135-136., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862003
page(s): 136 [details]
page(s): 136 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ovulum deflexum G. B. Sowerby II, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432044 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1849). Descriptions of some new species of <i>Ovulum</i> in the collection of H. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 16 ("1848"): 135-136., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862003
page(s): 136 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 136 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Cate, C. N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. <em>Veliger.</em> 15 (supplement): 1-117., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42495434 [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F.; Fehse, D. (2009). <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 651 pp., 203 pls., 375 + numerous unnumb. text figs. [details]
